Event narrative (NOAA)
After 5-10 inches of rain fell in the Llano River basin flood waters moved into the Colorado River basin along with heavy rain in the basin. Lake Travis rose into its flood pool (681 feet MSL) on the 16th and eventually rose to 704.3 feet MSL on the 19th. This flood water overwhelmed Austin's water treatment facilities and the city issued a boil water notice on the 22nd. The city and Travis and Williamson Counties distributed bottled water to residents. The Lower Colorado River Authority conducted flood operations opening as many as eight floodgates on Mansfield Dam to reduce the level of the lake. By the 28th the level was sufficiently low to allow the water treatment facilities to operate normally and the boil water notice was lifted. In and around the Lake Travis area there were report
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Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Deaths and injuries are those NOAA classifies as direct. Damage is the reporting office's estimate at the time and is not inflation-adjusted. This is a catalogue record, not a forecast.